Capacity
Development of NGOs/CSOs, "the DOSA page, a place
for forging new directions in PVO/NGO organizational capacity building.
DOSA is a powerful change process that offers participating
organizations concrete assessment tools and change methods suited to
organizational climate and culture. The DOSA page is dedicated to
helping PVOs and NGOs develop new methods to identify organizational
strengths and weaknesses, interpret highly valuable data generated by
the process and to translate findings into action plans for meaningful
change" This site is hosted by "the Education
Development Center (EDC), an international, non-profit
organization with 325 projects dedicated to enhancing learning,
promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world"
(Posted 02/07/03).

"Capacity.org
: A gateway on capacity building"
. This is "A web-site dedicated to advancing the policy and practice of
capacity building in international development cooperation. Content is
available in French and English, and in some cases, Spanish.
Capacity.org features a new issue every quarter. Each issue focuses on
a particular theme, with a Welcome Letter, an Annotated Bibliography
and a Guest Contribution. Other sections are updated regularly. The
most recent is Issue 14, July 2002 Capacity for
Development: Insights and Innovation. A parallel Newsletter,
highlighting the major features of Capacity.org is published. The hard
copy version is available for those who do not have Internet access. It
can be ordered via cb@ecdpm.org
or: ECDPM, O.L.Vrouweplein 21, NL-6211 HE Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Fax: +31-(0)43-3502 902 Capacity.org is part of the Euforic network. Caveat:
Although the Capacity.org web site is about capacity building I could
not find a section that deals specifically with the M&E of
capacity building . Late note: There are however
two issues on evaluation topics. One is No: 2 (July 1999) A
Spotlight on Capacity and Evaluation.", and the
other is No: 8 (December 2000)"Tools
of the trade: capacity assessment" (Posted
24/08/02)

"Hi
Rick:...I wanted to let you know that I have
started a new nonprofit organization called the Evaluation Capacity
Development Group... Regards, Craig" "The
Evaluation Capacity Development Group (ECDG) was formed to develop the
capacity of small to medium nonprofit organizations to conduct
evaluation by themselves. The results of these internal evaluations can
help demonstrate accountability to funders as well as provide valuable
management information.
Many who purport to do evaluation capacity development only provide
training on how to conduct evaluation. ECDG believes that until an
organization has the necessary organizational architecture in place,
evaluation training is not an effective use of resources. Therefore,
ECDG has developed a toolkit to help nonprofits put the necessary
organizational architecture into place." Main sections of the website
are: * Home * About the Authors * What the Experts Say * Toolkit *
Order and Contact Info (Posted 19/12/2005)

PREVAL
II: PROGRAMME FOR STRENGTHENING THE REGIONAL
CAPACITY FOR EVALUATION OF RURAL POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROJECTS IN LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.

World
Bank Operations Evaluation Department
website on: Evaluation
Capacity Development (ECD) This "encompasses a
number of types of action to build and strengthen monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) systems in borrowing countries, and has
particular focus on the national and sectoral levels. It encompasses a
number of related concepts and tools: capacities to keep score on
development effectiveness, specification of project/program objectives
and result chains, performance information (including basic data
collection), program/project monitoring and evaluation, beneficiary
assessment surveys, sector reviews and performance auditing." This
World Bank web site page provides an annotated
list of a range of documents on building M&E capacity (15+ as
of April 2004). The full text of each document is available via the
links provided.

International Association for
Impact Assessment "IAIA is
the leading global authority on best practice in environmental
assessment, management and policy. Impact assessment, simply defined,
is the process of identifying the future consequences of a current or
proposed action. IAIA is a forum for advancing innovation, development
and communication of best practice in impact assessment. Its
international membership promotes development of local and global
capacity for the application of environmental assessment in which sound
science and full public participation provide a foundation for
equitable and sustainable development."

Siyanda:
mainstreaming gender equality. "Siyanda is an on-line
database of gender and development materials. It is also an interactive
space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and
resources" There is a Quick
Guide to M&E, the introduction to which says
"Effective monitoring and evaluation must use both qualitative and
quantitative indicators to assess progress towards greater gender
equality". In August 2004 this listed 15 documents (Posted 11/08/04)

GEM:
Gender Evaluation Methdology for Internet and ICTs (14/07/04)
"ICT use is increasing everywhere. In particular, women are using ICTs
to strengthen their organization and movement building at the local,
regional and global levels. ICTs, however, can also pose a potential
threat to women. ICTs can be used in ways that replicate or perpetuate
gender stereotypes and biases, and can have unintended negative
impacts. The guide examines gender evaluation methodologies, therefore,
can be used to investigate whether ICTs are being used in ways that
change gender biases and roles and do not simply reproduce and
replicate existing ones. As more and more of today's development work
and money is channelled into projects that employ ICTs, their effects
on women are of great importance."

"Democratic
Audit is an active research organisation which
audits democracy and human rights in the UK and internationally. We are
a consortium of scholars, lawyers and others. We often work with
partners in mature and developing democracies to assess the quality of
their democratic arrangements.... This site contains a robust and
sensitive framework for auditing democracy in any country in the world
which anyone can use either to conduct a full or part audit or use for
teaching". AUDITING
DEMOCRACY (Posted 28/12/05)

Human Rights

Human Rights
Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC) is an
initiative of HOM. The HRIRC is an online platform for all
those who are interested in human rights measurement in general and
Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) in particular. The purpose of the
HRIRC is to be a platform for information gathering and sharing, and a
meeting place for all those who are interested in HRIA. HRIA is a
subject of growing interest and importance to policy makers,
non-governmental organisations, companies and academics. An increasing
amount of information is available but often quite dispersed. HOM took
the initiative to set up an online resource centre where one can find
and share various kinds of information and documentation on HRIA. What
can you find on the HRIRC? The
information ranges from general explanations of HRIA concepts and
terminology for those who want an introduction to the subject, to
in-depth literature on HRIA theories and methods. All publications are
systematically organised and accompanied by a short analysis in order
to give you a quick idea of what's in store.The
HRIRC includes:-
Various HRIA tools, instruments and case studies;-
HRIA steps: an 8-step approach to HRIA, containing under each step the
relevant information needed;-
HRIA publications;-
General information about HRIA: introduction, background, concepts, a
glossary and a FAQ section;-
News on HRIA;-
Overview of organisations active in HRIA and interesting links.
(14/07/06)

Disaster
Vulnerability Assessment Tools website "UN-HABITAT,
UNDP (BCPR), OAS and ADPC are supporting the activities of the
UN-ISDR/Working Group 3 by collecting and organising an inventory of
risk analysis and vulnerability assessment tools. Tools which can be
easily accessed both by UN-ISDR partners and the general public through
the internet" Judging from the number of error messages that pop up
this site is still very much a work in progress (08/07/04)

Measuring the Information Society: What,
How, for Whom and What? This pre-conference workshop of the
Assocaition of Internet Researchers Conference took place on 18
September 2004 in Brighton, UK. This page is structured in three
different areas where you can find all the information, resources and
contributions related with the workshop. http://www.asis.org/Chapters/europe/announcements/WorkshopMirror.htm
(Posted 09/11/04)

Monitoring
and Evaluation (ICT Projects) "This website provides
resources on monitoring and evaluation. It is meant to serve those
working on information and communications technology (ICT) for
Development. While it was first designed to serve the needs of the
Development Gateway Foundation, everyone is welcome to use the
resources. Please add new M&E resources to our database. Join
as a member and receive alerts on new resources". 461 items
listed as of 18/04/04

ImpAct:
Improving the Impact of Microfinance on Poverty: An Action Research
Programme " The primary objective of the Imp-Act action
research programme is to improve the quality of microfinance services
and their impact on poverty through strengthening the development of
impact assessment systems. Building on the priorities and agendas of
Microfinance Organisations (MFOs) and their clients Imp-Act is designed
to develop credible and useful impact assessment. The programme
therefore seeks to empower organisations to be more proactive in
developing their own learning systems, both to inform internal decision
making and to satisfy the requirements of external stakeholders. "
(Posted 15/10/2001)

Assessing
the Impact of Business Enabling Environments "DFID and WISE
Development are setting up this new facility for dialogue and exchange
of information about programmes and interventions aimed at promoting
stable and supportive enabling environments for private sector
development, in particular small enterprises. This section of EDIAIS
will include key documents and reports on the topic and references to
sources of information. " (06/07/05)

MILLENNIUM INDICATORS DATABASE
Author(s): United Nations (UN) Statistics Division (UNSD) Produced by:
United Nations (UN) Statistics Division (UNSD) (2002) This statistical
resource presents the 8 Millennium Development Goals, 18 targets and 48
indicators to measure progress towards the MDG. The indicators include:
* proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day * prevalence of
underweight children under five years of age * net enrolment ratio in
primary education * share of women in wage employment in the
non-agricultural sector * proportion of seats held by women in national
parliament * infant mortality rate * maternal mortality ratio * HIV
prevalence among 15-to-24-year-old pregnant women * prevalence and
death rates associated with malaria/ tuberculosis * proportion of land
area covered by forest * carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) and
consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs (ODP tons) * proportion of
population with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban
and rural * proportion of households with access to secure tenure * ODA
received in small island developing States as proportion of their GNIs
* average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural
products and textiles and clothing from developing countries * debt
sustainability * unemployment rate of 15- to 24-year-olds, each sex and
total * proportion of population with access to affordable essential
drugs on a sustainable basis * telephone lines and cellular subscribers
per 100 population Available online at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/mi_goals.asp
(02/10/03)

See Will Allen's NRM
Changelinks Index on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
web site, hosted by Massey University, New Zealand . A well written and
well structured annotated list of documents and webs sites, with a
central but not exclusive focus on natural resource management.
Sub-sections include: Evolving approaches to monitoring and evaluation;
Case studies (examples of evaluation in practice); Tips, guides and
handbooks; Improving environmental monitoring; Community development;
Evaluating information technologies; Other resources (not yet
classified) (Posted 20/01/02)

Participatory
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation: Managing and Learning for Impact
in Rural Development. "This website is developed by IAC
[Wageningen, Netherlands]. Our objectives of PPM&E - Managing
and Learning for Impact are to: * help build the capacity of
individuals and organisations to effectively implement PPM&E
systems (courses, advisory services, evaluation). * contribute to
innovation in the field of PPM&E / managing and learning for
impact. * provide practical web based resource materials, experience
sharing and learning with this PPM&E resource portal. The first
part of this website ("theories and backgrounds", and "methodologies
and approaches") is in the process of being updated. The second part of
this website provides a wide range of links to documents and websites
which have been sorted in relation to a large number of subject areas.
Though there is a lot, it is obviously not complete. We appreciate
recommendations of resources that have not been included yet. Please
use the comment boxes for this purpose." (Posted 28/12/05)

"INCORE (International
Conflict Research) was set up in 1993 by
the University of Ulster and the United Nations University to undertake
research and policy work that is useful to the resolution of ethnic,
political and religious conflicts. Currently, INCORE's research focuses
mainly on post conflict issues, issues of governance and diversity, and
research methodology in violent societies. INCORE has a Policy and
Evaluation Unit to ensure the more effective utilisation of
conflict research by policy makers and practitioners. The unit also
addresses the issue of best practice in evaluating conflict
interventions." See also

The
Policy Hub website has
a special sub-section called Evaluating
policy . "The
Government Chief Social Researcher's Office
(part of the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit) was set up in October 2002
to provide strategic leadership to social research across government. A
key element of the GCSRO work programme is to encourage excellence in
government policy research and evaluation. This area of the hub
provides information on: what research and evaluation evidence is and
examples of how it can contribute to the policy process guidance on
evaluation methods professional development opportunities in analytical
skills and evidence based policy projects on policy design, piloting
and evaluation, including an employment policy demonstration project
and review of government pilots. Details of papers emanating from
various projects co-ordinated by the GCSRO can be found at GCSRO
Publications"

See also
another related page on the same website: Impact
Assessment and Appraisal , which
inclucdes a "Guidance
Checklist for Policy Makers Some tips on where to go for guidance on
impact assessment and appraisal" (Posted
12/08/04)

PREVAL
"This web page is a public service offered by PREVAL, specializing in
the monitoring, evaluation and systematization of projects for
alleviating rural poverty. Its aim is to become an information and
networking tool for organizations and people active in this field. The
PREVAL web page includes several online services such as a link to
register with the PREVAL e-mailing list, which has more than 1,100
members to date, who are sent ongoing updates on events, consultancies
and other useful information. In addition, our web page has a Forum on
the Results and Impact Management System (RIMS) for measuring progress
of IFAD projects, as well as an Intranet for the PREVAL community of
evaluators."A Spanish language website, with English translations
(Posted 28/12/05)

The
World Bank Group's Poverty Net website
includes aImpact Evaluation Web Site "This
website aims at
disseminating information and providing resources for people and
organizations working to assess and improve the effectiveness of
projects and programs aimed at reducing poverty" Six main sections:
Understanding Impact Evaluation, Resources, Methods and Techniques,
Features, Selected Evaluations, About Us

PRSP
Monitoring and Synthesis Project
The PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project has been
commissioned
by the Department of International Development to enhance DFID's
ability to engage with the wider policy debate around PRSPs and will
help all levels of DFID staff to remain well-informed about a wide
variety of PRSP work. The PRSP Synthesis Team at the Overseas
Development Institute collate information on the PRSP process from a
variety of sources and provide updates, topic notes, and in-depth
analysis on key issues around PRSPs. Visit the about us pages to find
out more.
Please visit the related resources page for acronyms and related links.
(22/06/04)

The
PSD Impact Assessment Initiative
is funded by USAID under the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement
Project. The objective of the Initiative is to create learning about
and improve the effectiveness of new generation economic growth
programs through impact assessments, and to identify specific impacts
that private sector development (PSD) interventions have on the private
sector and pro-poor growth. To learn more about the initiative, read
the PSD Impact Assessment Initiative Overview. The PSD Impact
Assessment Initiative is accomplishing its objectives through a
four-pronged strategy:
1. Build a conceptual model that improves
understanding of the impacts of PSD programs.
2. Develop and test rigorous methodologies for
measuring the impact of PSD programs.
3. Produce insights about the most effective types
of PSD
interventions and how they work through implementation of high quality
impact assessments and desk research.
4. Provide USAID Bureaus and Missions with
realistic
options for assessing the impact of PSD programs and supply
methodological and other guidance on how to conduct credible impact
assessments. (Posted 24/10/06)

The
Campbell Collaboration "The international Campbell
Collaboration (C2) is a non-profit organization that aims to help
people make well-informed decisions about the effects of interventions
in the social, behavioral and educational arenas. C2's objectives are
to prepare, maintain and disseminate systematic reviews of studies of
interventions. We acquire and promote access to information about
trials of interventions. C2 builds summaries and electronic brochures
of reviews and reports of trials for policy makers, practitioners,
researchers and the public. (updated 07/07/04)

On-line
Bibliography for Social Impact Assessment The
SIA Section of IAIA is very pleased to announce the development of an
on-line bibliography for social impact assessment. The Bibliography is
accessible from the IAIA website (www.iaia.org)
by selecting PUBLICATIONS from the menu in the left hand column, and
then selecting SIA BIBLIOGRAPHY near the bottom of the list.
Alternatively, you can go straight to the page by using the following
weblink http://www.iaia.org/Databases/SIA_Database/SIA_interface.asp
Please note that the IAIA website will be redeveloped later in the
year, so the position of the bibliography may change. The Bibliography
is easy to use and contains an initial listing of some 2,500 references
on social impact assessment which are accessible by searches on many
fields, including author, title and keyword. (Posted 03/10/03)

Measuring
Progress Towards Sustainability: New Tools and Methods
".... IDRC and IUCN collaborated to develop a user-driven,
participatory and systemic approach to assessing and measuring
sustainability. An International Assessment Team, comprised of
practitioners from a variety of disciplines, proposed a conceptual
approach that treated the health of ecosystems and people as equally
important — each one being entirely dependent upon the other
(see: Egg of Sustainability). The International Team concluded that in
order to assess sustainability, one needed to assess the condition of
ecosystems as well as the conditions of people. The challenge was to
find a way of assessing people and ecosystems together, and to ensure
that any methods developed for measuring sustainability would be
practical and driven by the needs of users. The obvious solution was to
work directly with the people who would eventually use them. IUCN and
the International Team chose three representative strategy teams, one
in each region of Asia (India), Africa (Zimbabwe), and Latin America
(Colombia). All three pilot teams worked at the sub-national level on
integrated, multi-sector strategies, and all three had the goal of
influencing the national agenda on sustainable development by linking
local actions to national policies and programs. Ultimately, this
project led to developing a set of new tools and methods that focus on
three interdependent levels of assessment — system,
institutional (or self), and project. Each method provides a different
perspective on a single large issue, and each one can be used on its
own or with others to provide a more complete picture. All of the
methods and tools have applications for a wide variety of
IDRC-supported projects, and for local, national, and regional planning
in a wide range of sectors, environments, and countries." (Posted
02/07/03)

Sustainability
Indicators for Natural Resource Management & Policy
This is a collaborative research project funded by the UK Department
for International Development (DFID) under their Natural Resources
Policy Advisory Department (NRPAD) research programme. The project's
full title is "The effects of policy and institutional environment on
natural resource management and investment by farmers and rural
households in east and southern Africa" and is running from 1 July 1998
for a three year period. The overall goal of the project is for it to
assist in the development of more effective, equitable and sustainable
participatory management of renewable natural resources in sub-Saharan
Africa. The purpose of the research is to identify the links between
the sustainability of different farming systems and agricultural policy
in South Africa and Uganda.

The
following working papers are
available in pdf format:A
Review of Indicators of Agricultural and Rural Livelihood
Sustainability A
Framework for Research on Sustainability Indicators for Agriculture
and Rural Livelihoods Natural
Resource Management and Policy in Uganda: Overview Paper Natural
Resource Management and Policy in Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa: Overview Paper Stakeholder
Analysis and Local Identification of Indicators of Success
and Sustainability of Farming Based Livelihood Systems. Indicators
Of Success/Failure and Sustainability of Selected Farming
Systems In Uganda

TheWebsite
Evaluation Project website. "This module aims to promote an
evaluation process that will enable websites to be improved as a medium
for communicating International Development research to an
international audience. It is an output of an applied evaluative study
of eight websites disseminating urban development research findings. On
this website you will find: A suggested methodology for evaluating
websites disseminating development research. A set of guidelines
detailing best-practice in online research dissemination to an
international audience. We invite you to browse this module and find
out more! The project team are currently using the findings of the
evaluation to inform the design of an Open Source Software website
production system known as the Appropriate Website Factory. Please
direct any questions to Jon Taylor at
jutaylor@tinyonline.co.uk" (April 2004)